Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: T-Mobile has alerted hundreds of customers who were targeted by cybercriminals trying to hijack their SIM cards. The company contacted the targeted customers over the last two weeks, after Motherboard revealed that a bug on a T-Mobile website allowed hackers to access customers’ personal data such as email address, account number, and…
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Equifax Was Warned
Last year, a security researcher alerted Equifax that anyone could have stolen the personal data of all Americans. The company failed to heed the warning. Great reporting by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on Motherboard. Go read it all.
Bermuda cyber hack: Offshore law firm data hack leaves super-rich bracing for their financial details to be leaked
Ryan Wilkinson reports: A leading offshore law firm with clients including the super-rich and international corporations has revealed it suffered a “data security incident” that may result in customers’ private information being leaked. Bermuda-based Appleby, which has offices in a number of British overseas territories, said some of its data had been “compromised” in the…
Cosmetics Brand Tarte Exposed Personal Information About Nearly 2 Million Customers
Kate Conger and Dell Cameron report: Tarte Cosmetics, a cruelty-free cosmetics brand carried by major retailers like Sephora and Ulta, exposed the personal information of nearly two million customers in two unsecured online databases. The databases were publicly accessible and included customer names, email addresses, mailing addresses, and the last four digits of credit card…
Personal data of millions of Malaysians up for sale, source of breach still unknown (UPDATED)
UPDATE: MALAYSIA’S internet regulator today ordered an online forum to remove news on a massive data breach involving millions of users, estimated to have taken place between 2012 and 2015. The Lowyat website said the order from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission came after it reported that databases of Malaysians’ personal details, obtained from…
Gas pump skimmers are still a thing
Chris Mosby reports on an indictment in a 5-state scheme: In a massive, 26-count indictment 12 people were charged for their role in a massive credit card skimmers fraud. The group placed skimmers on gas pumps in at least five states, including many locations throughout Northeast Ohio. “This group stole credit card information from thousands…